Birth Location: Penrith, New South Wales
Current Location: Caramut, Victoria
About Our Guest
Hi, I’m Kirsten. For most of my life. I have lived “west” of somewhere.
I grew up in western Sydney, in a typical working class/lower middle class, 3 bedroom, brick home. My childhood was pleasant (although we did experience family tragedy, when my Dad died). And I enjoyed my teenage years, which centred around school and the Penrith Plaza (which was relatively new at the time).
I left Penrith to move into the city, while studying journalism. By 22, I landed my first reporter gig – at the ABC. But, to accept it, I had to become a traitor to my own city and move to Melbourne.
These days, I’m a proud Victorian. Ten years ago, I married a farmer, which again landed me west of the city. But this time a lot further from civilisation, on farm near Caramut (3 hours from Melbourne). Life is very different to where I grew up, but I much prefer it here and feel blessed to have once landed “out west” – which must be where I belong.
My Birth Year
In each episode of My Birth Year, we are going to choose a year between 1945 and 1999 and highlight some the big news events from that year as well as remembering some of the biggest selling songs, most popular movies and, for episodes from 1956 onwards, the most popular TV shows.
In the second part of each episode, we’ll introduce a guest - someone who was born in our feature year. We’ll talk about their memories of their childhood, their youth and their adult years.
These are real stories about real people. We can't wait to share them with you!
Neil Butler has been a radio broadcaster since 2008 and a podcast host since 2015. In that time, he has developed a passion for podcast conversations - or Podversations as he likes to call them.
Join Neil as he takes us back through the years, chatting to an amazing collection of guests on My Birth Year.